Philip Wrigley, principal owner of the Wrigley Gum Company and the Chicago Cubs, along with other investors, bankrolled a womens baseball league during World War II - the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

These are the Girls of the Teams that the movie: 'A League of Their Own' was all about - Oh, Yea!

Detailed facts from this era are difficult to verify, so, have patience - we're working eagerly to make sure the information is accurate... for more on this Womens League please see Page 123 of American Heroes located on our Home Page.